Felipe González is Reader in the School of Economics and Finance at Queen Mary University of London. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California Berkeley and a M.A. and B.A. in Business and Economics from PUC-Chile. His research interests lie in the intersection of Economic History and Political Economy. His main research agenda focuses on Latin American countries and studies public policies, the legacies of dictatorship, and the spread of political and social movements.